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Virtual Sport, The New Face Of Gambling

Casino
sites have been one of the main-stays of the web, almost since its inception.
It is hard to surf for any length of time without seeing banner ads for Casino
sites or sponsorships by bookmakers.

The
traditional offerings from gambling sites have been virtual versions of the
games that have been the big earners for the land based Casinos, plus online
access to the bookmakers sportsbooks. There is however, no real need to take
the approach of being limited to the games and sporting events that worked in offline
Casinos and bookmakers, when you take the process online.

The missed
opportunity in this approach is the chance to offer games that dont rely on a
real life chance event such as a winning horse or the turn of a card- but instead
to offer games that lend themselves to being played in a browser- i.e. games that
can be played using a random number generator. A by-product of making a game
with a random number generator, unlike a sporting event, is that once it has
been built and certified 100% fair- it is not touched again and players can
feel reassured that the game is unbiased.

A new
generation of gambling games is now emerging as the online gambling industry
matures. The operators are seeing growing demand for more diverse games
alongside the traditional ways to wager. This has helped innovation as sites
are keen to differentiate themselves and we are at last seeing that there is
not the same predictable line-up of sports, casino and games betting on every
site.

If you
know where to look, exciting things are on offer amongst the vast choice of
internet gambling sites.

One
example of the newer generation of gambling games is Virtual Sport Betting:
based on the idea of virtual leagues mirroring the real life leagues from
around the world. All the teams and players are updated monthly so the virtual
game is as close as possible to the real thing.

F1x2Games
is a software developer running the site football1x2(dot)com- they wrote the
first version of their Virtual Football betting software in 2004, since then it
has grown in popularity to the point where, across its entire network- around
three million bets are placed on the game every month.

If you
are a system player, this game is ideal to use various kinds of strategy, given
the huge variety of odds on offer. The random number generator F1x2Games uses
has been assessed by The University of Hertfordshire in the UK to be 100%
fair. This means that unlike, say, a fruit machine in a bar, it has no
preprogrammed payback rate. If you win big the game is just as likely to pay
out again straight away.

The game
features virtual versions of all the top leagues from around the world, with
all the players and teams updated monthly. There are also now virtual versions
of the World Cup, Euro 2008 and The Champions League. Youll also never have to
wait for the next game as virtual matches are played every 90 seconds, so theres
loads to bet on.

If youd
like to see how the Virtual Football games work, you can try them in Play for
fun mode, so you can check out the site for free.

Online
gambling expert Larry Pickleman is a widely respected industry voice.
Football1x2 created the original online Virtual Football betting game way back
in 2002.